Tanny
@tannytanny.bsky.social
Democrat for 50 years, Nurse for 40, AIDS, community health and hospice. Familiar with grief and loss. Disgusted with SCOTUS and GOP. Living with Chronic Pain for half of my life.
No DM's please, I check TLs of all followers.
No DM's please, I check TLs of all followers.
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It wasn’t so long ago that CNN sat down for a serious conversation with these guys. One of them is Pete Hegseth’s pastor.
Pretending these assholes are still ‘fringe’ is a dangerous mistake
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Pretending these assholes are still ‘fringe’ is a dangerous mistake
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I’ve seen this person get retweeted by MAGA influencers like Benny Johnson. He’s not kidding. This is a real political goal he is pursuing. He has 425,000 followers on Facebook.
February 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It wasn’t so long ago that CNN sat down for a serious conversation with these guys. One of them is Pete Hegseth’s pastor.
Pretending these assholes are still ‘fringe’ is a dangerous mistake
bsky.app/profile/seth...
Pretending these assholes are still ‘fringe’ is a dangerous mistake
bsky.app/profile/seth...
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The White House first invents a problem, then uses that to justify infringing upon our rights.
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The White House first invents a problem, then uses that to justify infringing upon our rights.
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Understanding the difference between apathy and depression can be lifesaving for people with brain disorders theconversation.com/understandin...
#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #depression #apathy
#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #depression #apathy
Understanding the difference between apathy and depression can be lifesaving for people with brain disorders
One of the biggest barriers to diagnoses of brain disorders is that symptoms — particularly those of apathy — can be mistaken for depression, resulting in inappropriate treatment and poorer health.
theconversation.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Understanding the difference between apathy and depression can be lifesaving for people with brain disorders theconversation.com/understandin...
#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #depression #apathy
#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #depression #apathy
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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That's one way to characterize leaving a dictatorship in place with US backing in order to profit from it with no oversight or accountability from Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Chris Wright on seized Venezuelan oil: "We've sold about $1 billion of oil so far. We've recently signed agreements to sell about another $5 billion in the next several months. So you're talking well north of $10 billion a year ... this is way out of the box, groundbreaking Trump diplomacy."
February 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
That's one way to characterize leaving a dictatorship in place with US backing in order to profit from it with no oversight or accountability from Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Palantir paid zero federal income tax for fiscal year 2025, despite reporting $1.5 billion in income.
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Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law
Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...
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February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Palantir paid zero federal income tax for fiscal year 2025, despite reporting $1.5 billion in income.
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BETTER YET, LET'S GET THROUGH THE FUCKING MIDTERMS HAPPENING *THIS YEAR* BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TO START HAND-WRINGING OR FINGER-POINTING ABOUT WHO WE'LL NEVER VOTE FOR IN 2028.
Hey Bluesky, let’s have a frigging primary before we decide which end of the Democratic Party doesn’t vote for the other end’s candidate in the general.
February 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
BETTER YET, LET'S GET THROUGH THE FUCKING MIDTERMS HAPPENING *THIS YEAR* BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TO START HAND-WRINGING OR FINGER-POINTING ABOUT WHO WE'LL NEVER VOTE FOR IN 2028.
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Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:
The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging - The American Prospect
As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, a leader in organizing college presidents, has proposed Democracy Summer 2026, evoking the heroic Freedom Summer of 1964 that aimed to advance voting rights in Mississippi, now employed to safeguard the midterm elections. From Bob Kuttner:
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And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Take a good look at this. Trump’s Social Security Adminstration is telling callers with suicidal ideation that that’s “one option.”
You literally can’t make this shit up. The Regime is full of sociopaths.
You literally can’t make this shit up. The Regime is full of sociopaths.
This is outrageous.
Americans often call Social Security at the most stressful times of their lives, such as when they've lost a loved one or become disabled.
They need fully trained experts (like the thousands DOGE forced out) on the other end of the line.
Americans often call Social Security at the most stressful times of their lives, such as when they've lost a loved one or become disabled.
They need fully trained experts (like the thousands DOGE forced out) on the other end of the line.
‘Suicide is only one option:’ Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training
Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.
www.govexec.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Take a good look at this. Trump’s Social Security Adminstration is telling callers with suicidal ideation that that’s “one option.”
You literally can’t make this shit up. The Regime is full of sociopaths.
You literally can’t make this shit up. The Regime is full of sociopaths.
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Perhaps men should prove they're married each time they file a joint income tax return enclosing their marriage license with their tax return.
February 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Perhaps men should prove they're married each time they file a joint income tax return enclosing their marriage license with their tax return.
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Why GOP loves the SAVE Act:
“Women are smart. They should be able to provide 9 forms of ID to prove the discrepancies b/w their maiden and married names, argue their case with a poll worker, before having to fill out a provisional ballot which we can later contest and reject as a fraudulent vote”
“Women are smart. They should be able to provide 9 forms of ID to prove the discrepancies b/w their maiden and married names, argue their case with a poll worker, before having to fill out a provisional ballot which we can later contest and reject as a fraudulent vote”
February 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Why GOP loves the SAVE Act:
“Women are smart. They should be able to provide 9 forms of ID to prove the discrepancies b/w their maiden and married names, argue their case with a poll worker, before having to fill out a provisional ballot which we can later contest and reject as a fraudulent vote”
“Women are smart. They should be able to provide 9 forms of ID to prove the discrepancies b/w their maiden and married names, argue their case with a poll worker, before having to fill out a provisional ballot which we can later contest and reject as a fraudulent vote”
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R. J. Matson @rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
R. J. Matson @rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social
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“All Washington Post staff reporters in the Middle East were laid off last week. Many of them were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize last year, for what the award committee called haunting accountability journalism that documented Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip.” www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
These foreign correspondents covered hard to reach places. Then, they were laid off
The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian countries.
www.npr.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
“All Washington Post staff reporters in the Middle East were laid off last week. Many of them were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize last year, for what the award committee called haunting accountability journalism that documented Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip.” www.npr.org/2026/02/13/n...
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There’s no President Barack Obama without Jesse Jackson. It just doesn’t happen.
February 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
There’s no President Barack Obama without Jesse Jackson. It just doesn’t happen.
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The SAVE Act isn’t about election security; it’s modern voter suppression.
We won't let them take away our voice. if this bill comes before the Senate, I'm voting no.
We won't let them take away our voice. if this bill comes before the Senate, I'm voting no.
February 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The SAVE Act isn’t about election security; it’s modern voter suppression.
We won't let them take away our voice. if this bill comes before the Senate, I'm voting no.
We won't let them take away our voice. if this bill comes before the Senate, I'm voting no.
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OPM recently published its final rule implementing Schedule Policy/Career, which would convert at least 50,000 federal employees to at-will employment status.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social explores the constitutional theory being asserted by this rule, which would upend 150 years of civil service law.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social explores the constitutional theory being asserted by this rule, which would upend 150 years of civil service law.
The Constitutionality of the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management’s latest rule calls into question the constitutionality of tenure protections for federal employees.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
OPM recently published its final rule implementing Schedule Policy/Career, which would convert at least 50,000 federal employees to at-will employment status.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social explores the constitutional theory being asserted by this rule, which would upend 150 years of civil service law.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social explores the constitutional theory being asserted by this rule, which would upend 150 years of civil service law.
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... all to solve a problem (voter fraud by impersonation) that for all practical purposes DOES NOT EXIST. The rates are low enough to be virtually unmeasurable and as far as I know have never affected a US election outcome.
February 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
... all to solve a problem (voter fraud by impersonation) that for all practical purposes DOES NOT EXIST. The rates are low enough to be virtually unmeasurable and as far as I know have never affected a US election outcome.
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Even this is a massive understatement of the actual costs, since all of those things require advance planning, paperwork, and (in some cases) scheduling document retrievals (often only possible during work hours). The cost doesn't have to be high in dollars to be a prohibitive tax on voters.
It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Even this is a massive understatement of the actual costs, since all of those things require advance planning, paperwork, and (in some cases) scheduling document retrievals (often only possible during work hours). The cost doesn't have to be high in dollars to be a prohibitive tax on voters.
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking for you today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 166
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
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Active Voting Rights Cases: 166
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
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February 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking for you today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 166
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
Stay informed. Subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Active Voting Rights Cases: 166
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 89
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
Stay informed. Subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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What’s one way we can rein in ICE?
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
What’s one way we can rein in ICE?
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty.
Watch.
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📌 Folks, you’re on social media, here is something everyone can do. Google “ICE facility being built in” and insert your state or county. If you find one, put it on blast and contact your local officials to say you oppose it. We need to protest these facilities before they open.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
📌 Folks, you’re on social media, here is something everyone can do. Google “ICE facility being built in” and insert your state or county. If you find one, put it on blast and contact your local officials to say you oppose it. We need to protest these facilities before they open.
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...